The Roy Green Show

Global News: “Millennials who rent will have to save 50% more than homeowners to retire.”

Guest: Jillian Kennedy with Mercer Canada

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Today’s podcast:

The housing crisis – why Canadians are considering co-op housing as rent prices continue to rise.

Guest: Tim Ross, executive director of the Co-op housing federation of Canada.

Tax Deadline is fast approaching, but some developments are happening at the same time. This past Friday, workers at the Canada Revenue Agency (CRA) voted in favour of a strike ahead of mediation that takes place later this month. The union wants a pay increase, more flexibility on remote-work, and improved job security and work/life balance. If this happens, it could have a big effect on a lot of things such as your tax refund.

Guest: Kelsey Campbell. Network Executive Producer, CKNW.

About 100,000 customers in Quebec are without power as Hydro Quebec works on its damaged energy grid after last weeks deadly ice storm. So far this storm is linked to 3 deaths and has left Southern Quebec and Eastern Ontario under a coat of ice. To get a look on the ground, Martin’s daughter Ruby (who lives in Quebec) joins us today.

Ruby Strong.

Roy Ratnavel’s memoir about how he fled torture and imprisonment in Sri Lanka, arrived in Canada all alone at the age of eighteen with $50 in his pocket, and rose from the mailroom to the executive suite of the country’s largest independent asset management company. - book is released on April 18th.

Roy Ratnavel. Author “Prisoner #1056”. Executive VP, CI Financial.

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Host – Martin Strong

Executive Producer – Kelsey Campbell

Content Producer – Demi Knight

Technical Producer – Phil Figueiredo

Podcast Producer – Tom McKay

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Scientists break world record for deepest fish ever caught – and filmed.

Guest: Alan Jamieson, Director, Minderoo-UWA Deep Sea Research Centre at the University of Western Australia.

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Breathtaking Canadian resort named among top 15 in the world by AFAR for its annual stay list.

Guest: Chris Tait, tourism manager with Klahoose Wilderness Resort.

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With lots of American television taking place in the US – but shot in Canada – it’s nice to have a show that’s shot in Canada AND takes place in Canada. CBC’s newest reality TV show “Canada’s Ultimate Challenge” turns Canada into an obstacle course.

Guest: Nikki Reyes. Co-host “Canada’s Ultimate Challenge”.

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The housing crisis – why Canadians are considering co-op housing as rent prices continue to rise.

Guest: Tim Ross, executive director of the Co-op housing federation of Canada.

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This past Friday, workers at the Canada Revenue Agency (CRA) voted in favour of a strike ahead of mediation that takes place later this month. The union wants a pay increase, more flexibility on remote-work, and improved job security and work/life balance. If this happens, it could have a big effect on a lot of things such as your tax refund.

Guest: Kelsey Campbell. Network Executive Producer, CKNW.

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About 100,000 customers in Quebec are without power as Hydro Quebec works on its damaged energy grid after last weeks deadly ice storm. So far this storm is linked to 3 deaths and has left Southern Quebec and Eastern Ontario under a coat of ice. To get a look on the ground, Martin’s daughter Ruby (who lives in Quebec) joins us today.

Ruby Strong.

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Roy Ratnavel’s memoir about how he fled torture and imprisonment in Sri Lanka, arrived in Canada all alone at the age of eighteen with $50 in his pocket, and rose from the mailroom to the executive suite of the country’s largest independent asset management company. - book is released on April 18th.

Roy Ratnavel. Author “Prisoner #1056”. Executive VP, CI Financial.

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Today’s podcast:

An Op-ed posted to The Conversation: “ChatGPT: Student insights are necessary to help universities plan for the future”.

Guests: Alpha Abebe, assistant professor in the faculty of humanities at McMaster University

& Fenella Amarasinghe, PhD Candidate, Faculty of Education, York University, Canada

50-Years-Ago this past Monday, the first cell phone call was made. Dr Martin Cooper used the first cell-phone call to troll his rival at AT&T. Since then, cellphone technology has evolved dramatically to the point where we essentially have a small computer inside our pocket. Though all that good also brings some bad in regards to the rise in spam calls. How much have we seen this technology grow? And are we winning in the war with the spam calls?

Guest: Carmi Levy, technology analyst and journalist

Op-Ed: First Target, Then Nordstrom – Why Do Big Retailers Keep Failing In Canada?

Guest: David Soberman, Professor of Marketing, University of Toronto

This past Monday, NASA announced the crew for the upcoming Artemis II mission, which will see astronauts on a flyby trip to the moon, marking the first time in over 50 years that humans leave low Earth orbit and visit the moon. Cdns especially are excited to hear that Cdn Astronaut Jeremy Hansen will be on that next flight to moon.

Guest: Gordon Osinski, Earth Sciences professor at the University of Western Ontario and director of the Canadian Lunar Research Network

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Host/Content Producer – Martin Strong

Technical Producer – Phil Figueiredo

Podcast Producer – Tom McKay

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